St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-22

and E. ]. Boyd; organist, Mr.. Currier.
There is quite a creditable array of
good voices among the young men of the
place. MesSrs: j. FL. Gridiey, Frank
Corey, Harry Bardenwerper, and Frank
Grldley, tenOrS, and G. l.. Spencer,
Charles Leedy, basSOS, have excellent
voices.
In instrumental performers the place
is even better endowed than in voices.
Miss Floorman is perhaps the leader of
this element. She is graduate of the
Boston conservatory of Music, and has
recently been rendered a position to
teach in that famous institution. Miss
Randolph, sister of Mrs. r. Ii. Lake.
mas remarkably sensitive touch, and is
one Oh tne rare accompanies who ALWAYS
follow the singer and make the accom-
panlment subordinate and compliment
tary to the voice. Mrs. Gossage. wife
OF the proprietor of the Daily journal,
plays well. She comes of precociously
musical family-the Bowers-who live
on Battle creek, in Custer county. They
maintain cOrnet band and orchestra
within their circle, the father, four
daughters and two SONS making up it's
personnel. Their playing Is in
REQUEST AT ALL PUBLIC GATHERINGS.
Ihey furnished the music at the re-
cent county fair, and were the conSpic-
uOuS musical feature of the railroad
opening fe StlVitieS here last year. An
other unique musical organ ltion is
OF was, for it is now lapsed by absence
OF some of its chief performers
Rapid City orchestra. This consisted of
=. A. Wiegand, flute, leader; Misses
FRANK Floorman, piano; Florence Floor
man, violin; Charles Howe, cornet. and
VIII McMullin, trombone. 1t gave great
inhf 70 fln
time. Prof. Bloom, the leader of the
theatrical and terpsichorean orchestra.
IS one OF the most, if not clearly the
most versatile and agreeable musician
IN the Hills. He is the only one who is
able to fiddle and blow and poulid his
way into good income year after year.
lie is a thoroughly trained German
musician and musical genius besides.
There is coming on the stage new
generation of performers, who give
promise of further advance of the stand
ard of musical culture in the fntnre
Miss Alice Fowler, daughter of James
N, Fowler, Myrtle Grimshaw and Lulu
Rose are among the representative ones
in this class.
This enumeration is not given as the
complete musical talent of the place.
but as types of its culture. The new
musical interest that has grown promises
we'll. The chief lacks are instruction
and organization. If musical society
could be organized, and competent in
structor obtained, it would give cohe-
renee and power to this very important
factor in the civilization of the commun-
lty. Even in this, its formative stage,
1t is great improvement on the times
that Old-tlmerS tell about when the
plano-pounderS invited the frontiersman
into the saloon and Soothed the savage
breasts OF the losers at the tables, and
Jake GAM mellifluously led the sing
Ing In the Sunday school that he con-
quoted In room over gambling place.
"Regarding That Rumor."
Special to the Globe
BISMARCK, Oct. 21.-In the last Dakota
edition of the Pioneer Press, there ap-
peared telegram, purporting to have
come from Washington, stating that
there were ''rumOrS in the air of a pos
slble change in the governorShip of Da-
kota, SOon."
Gov. Church was seen by a GLOBE
correspondent in regard to the matter,
and, upon being questioned as to
whether there was any truth in the
statement, he said:
ASK Gilbert A. Pierce about it. He
certainly knows, because he wrote the
telegram. Now, am willing to do the
fair thing. If the editor of the Pioneer
Press will, within twenty-four hours
from Saturday, Oct. %, exhibit the orig
lnal special telegram to Lewis Baker, of
the GLOBE, and if Mr.. Baker says that
the dispatch was duly received over the
wire from Washington, l will give $50
to any charitable institution in Dakota
Pierce may name"